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v H. W. HOOK. SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR PURSES.

No.4'76,50 3. v Patented May 24,1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY W. HOOK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO WILLIAM S. MOMANUS, OF SAME PLACE.

SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR PURSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 475,503, dated May 24, 1892.

Application filed February 9, 1892. Serial No. 420,878. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. HOOK, a citi-' zen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and 5 State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Attachments for Purses, &c.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as I will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has for its object to provide an improved safety attachment for purses, pocket-books, card-cases, and the like, wherer by they may be attached to the person or clothing of the owner, so as to secure them against danger of being lost or stolen. With this object in view I have devised the construction illustrated in the accompanying 2o drawings, and hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views showing different forms of safety device. Fig. 3 illustrates my preferred manner of attaching the same.

Referring to Fig. 1, A denotes a common form of purse or pocket-book.

A indicates a ring having a swivel connection with the frame of the purse, preferably 0 at one end, as shown.

This form of safety device adapts the purse to be carried in the hand and handled with freedom, and by simply passing one of the fingers into the ring affords a perfect safeguard againstall danger of having the purse knocked or snatched from the hand. This will be found especially useful to ladies, they being in the habit of carrying their purses in the hand while shopping.

The form of safety device illustrated in Fig.

2 consists of a chain A, having a swivel connection with the purse, the same as in Fig. 2, and preferably having a snap-hook at the opposite end. This form is designed to permit the purse to be carried in the pocket and 4 3 handled with perfect ease, and at the same time to have it secured to some convenient part of the clothing of the owner, so as to provide an efficient safeguard against pickpockets.

The best manner of attaching the safety device now known to me is that represented in Fig. 3. In this view a denotes the pintle of the hinge connecting the frame-pieces, and 1) indicates an extension of the pintle, which 5 5 is formed into an eye, as shown, to receive the ring or the end link of the chain. This constitutes at once the strongest and simplest form of attachment and also permits the free swiveling 0f the connection with the safety device, as the pintle turns easily in the hinge. This feature is of importance in preventing the twisting of the chain in the handling of the purse, and is especially desirable in connection with the finger-ring, permitting the purse to be opened and closed freely while the ring is connected to any finger.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure, is

In a safety-purse, pocket-book, or the like, the combination of the hinge-pintle a, the extension 6 thereof formed into an eye, and a ring or chain connected to the eye, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY W. HOOK.

Witnesses:

E. E. BARTLESON, J r., WM. F. MAoGALLUM. 

